Category Archives: Short Reflections

We spent some time in Sunday school this morning considering the meaning of worship for us in connection with the text of 2 Chronicles 7. We thought some about the meaning of numbers, specifically the extravagantly large numbers of sacrifices … Continue reading →

In Sunday school we spent time thinking about what a record of elaborate formal national worship might say to us, or how it might serve as any kind of model for our own worship. We noted the attitude of humility … Continue reading →

We did spend time in Sunday school this morning considering why Abraham did what he did in Genesis 22. I said, I think that if we think he obeys God because he believes God will make him rich, or great, … Continue reading →

The Uniform Series text for Sunday, March 4 is Genesis 22:1-14. I looked at it, and thought something like … “oh, no.” In part because it was late, but mostly because it was hard. Here are my notes on this … Continue reading →

This morning, we thought long and hard about what “the good fight of faith” might actually mean. Our published curriculum said it was the fight against “all that was false,” and we thought that perhaps this amounts to a “fight … Continue reading →

This morning’s reading included the story of Jesus walking on the water, as told by Mark (6:45-52) – so, not the one where Peter tries to do it, too, but the one where the disciples are terrified because they think … Continue reading →

We are starting to see the sun. In class, we were not sure that the disciples in Joppa expected Peter to do anything miraculous when they sent for him in Lydda. We thought they needed consolation, and were reaching out … Continue reading →